A new report shows that Wisconsin high schools suspend black students at the highest rate in the country. Milwaukee public high schools in particular stuck out, with a suspension rate of 33 percent for all students, three times the national average.

The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee kicked off its review of Gov. Scott Walker's proposed biennial budget on Monday afternoon, with briefings from various state agencies on how the proposed document would affect them scheduled first on the agenda.

State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says the "cozy" relationship between highway contractors and union workers drives up road project costs for the state but contractors argue that a smooth working relationship is a positive thing for all sides.

Some gun rights advocates are worried that a proposed ban on a type of armor-piercing bullet for the AR-15 rifle is actually a backdoor way for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to ban all bullets for one of the most popular guns in the country.

Reporting Friday from the U.S. Capitol building, the National Journal’s Lauren Fox said that President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration continues to be a sticking point and a wedge issue for Republicans as they continue to debate a spending bill to avert a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

The Senate passed a "clean bill" earlier in the day that would have funded the department and kept in place funding for Obama’s immigration changes. However, House Speaker John Boehner was unable to rally enough votes to pass a short-term spending bill in the House in the late afternoon, leaving Homeland Security...